The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. An active demand for monetary accommodation nas been experienced to-day in the general discount market. The public who held over their bills in a nticipation of a reduction in the mimimum are 111 w bringing them forward for negotiation, and thus for a time has there been an increased amount Of business transacted. The available balances of bankers and brokers show a slight diminution, and the concession they have granted in order to secure t he Paper in circulation does not represent more tlla n tl per cent., the lowest quotation for the best "nee months' bills being 5-7 1 1 per cent. About £31,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday. IlliThe Bank of England return completed to Wed nesday last presents features of a satisfactory nature. Owing to the lower rate of discounts Prevalent in the open market, the other securities Ih W a reduction of £623,501, while the bullion t flee been increased to the extent of £235,777, and the reserve of notes also exhibited an addition of £ 86 3,020. The Government deposits have been augmented rather considerably, and the private '' . :lances on the other hand have lowered by £ 8 79,483. Subjoined is our usual analysis:— Active Circulation .. .• £10,674,915 Decrease • • •• • • .• 473,065 Bullion - .. .. 13, 819, 412 • •• • • Increase .. Rest .. .. 235,777 PO .. 3,536.094 Decrease 43,752 Public Deposits .. .. 8,153,601 Increase .. 1,073,812 Other Deposits.. 12,426,673 Decrease .. .. • . 879,483 Seven Day and o ther Bills .. .. 532 , 956 Decrease .. 15,236 Government Securities .. .. 11, 174 584 Increase . . . . . . 50,000 Other Securities .. .. 19,233,243 Decrease .. 623,501 Notes Unemployed .. 8,028,165 Increase .. 663,020 VO special meetings of the proprietors of the Notional Bank have been appointed to authorise an losae of 20,000 new shares, at a premium of £25 per share, to be in the first instance offered to existing sh areholders at that price, which would carry ,'" 00 ,000 to the reserve fund. ,Any shares declined °Y the shareholders are to be offered to the public at 3 () prem., the additional £5 to be paid over by 14e shareholders, who decline to take up their new shares, We are i n f or med that Mr. T. Fraser Sandeman h . llB bee n appo i n t e d ma nager of the Imperial Finan . e .al COmpany (Limited). Daring the last few days there has been rather n im ore an in the Foreign and Colonial Pro al Il ee Markets. Sugars have been in more request, ab d a further advance of Gd to is per cwt. has been est ablished. In coffee the dealings have been to an siterage extent at fall rates; but in tea , rice , fruit, d Spices no material change can be re p orted. callow has been in better request at steady quota i vci rls: for both present and forward delivery. Two o'CLocK. 1 , At the Paris Bourse this morning , accor din g to Aeuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes w ere 66c. 57f. Heavy. ; The variations in the English Stock Exchange M arkets have to-day been unimporta nt. In the morning a decline of 1-16th per cent. ensued, e "ginated through sales in consequ ence of the affairs, uneasiness felt regar din g forei g n th but 'quotations have since recovered to e closing values of last evening , and Consols are tn ti - t - ,7 quoted 91 1 1, for money, and 911 for the c unt. The New Threes and R educed Annuities s'e 91 1 1; Exchequer Bills. ss. dis. to par.; India Per Cents., 1041 ; ditto 4 per Cent s., 1001 ; the D ebentures, 9911 and the Bonds, 9s. dis. The Foreign Market opened w ith a ver y de- Pressed appearance, but a partial re cover y has since take n ll place, an d business is a litt le more active. e4 cen have risen to 431 4 ; Greek are 22, 5 1 ; I Danish Passive, 34 1; Po rtu g uese, 478 ; 668 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 688 spa ; do. Consolides, 501 8 ; and the Confederate ° an, 61 53. of Pub l i cs perial Financial Company is in command i s confidence. We believe the capital stock nearly all applied for. The share s were °sten 81c1Y in demand at 3 prem i u m. In the Railway Share Market there has been r ather more animation , and p rices have shown an u pward movement. North We s t ern have im p roved i 5 !;; 'Lancashire and Yorkshi re, ss. ; Midland, 10s. ; and Metropolitan, I:1 10s.; Great Eastern , how aver, have declined ss. The Foreign and Coloaial undertakings co ntinua Pert' inactive, w ithout material change in prices . Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are depressed. t ropolitan and Provincial have de clined to 231 ; I mperial Bank realise 291 ; Imperial Ottoman, 181 ; ti!icual Discount Company, ; Ottoman Finan cial Associ a ti on are quoted par to I prem. ; Sout h '0 astern Banking Company, 1- to 11 prem. ; London 0 8 Meter C ompan y, 1 to 11 prem. ; and General 11 : 1 'eruotional Agency, 1 to lt prem. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. 33 '''. ENT FUNDS. G oi o tvtollll P e r Cent Consols .................. 9_1 . ; 8 ? e ; 30 Cent. . e. Cent.°ll'Account Reduced M a March c 4 5 9l3s i 41. i ''.T.o..llities., April, 1885 z,-uellto (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — e quer Bills £1 ,000 2a & 3 per Cent 4 dig Pitt° " ' 4 dis L Ditto £5OO auk E , £lOO and £2OO i E ngland Stk, 41 per Ct., last ht.-yr. 237 . Irt? l ble.rt ci. —•.1 % st —OVER:i'MENT SECURITIES. Pitt o ° A ck, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... D itto '''' R ee'ount — D't f "' Per Cent. July, 1570 Dittol 4 Per, Cent., Oct. 1888 looa Ditt o -Qhfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. vo 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto bi tto, 6 / Cnt . May, 1879 Dere r ntu e res,"4 per Ct., April 1861 -Litho ditto Aug., 1866 991 Ditto Bonds£l,ooo Ditto under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Br azilian 5 per Cent lOl 2 Ditt o , 1839 and 1859 Ditt o 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto, 1863 o,l?itto Scrip, 1863, £55 paid `'.,k ll an 6 per Cent... E ''''itto 41 pez Cent — Optima 7 per Cent.. ori,tt, Second Issue -- e3::tto6 Ditto Account Cent, 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 222 i itto Account Coupons Ditto Ac count Mexican .ccount .... la cau 3 per Cent D' ~.. at° Account t+ew Granada 94 * r° rtuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — but° Account.. ' Ditto per Cent ., 1856 1 i t '9 1 '6O, 62,' 3 Account , A 48 •Kussian 6 per Cent., 1822,:£ St — Bat° 41 per Cent 1850 .. • bitto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent D • itto Account ° Panish 3 per Cent .bitto Account .. 52/ Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive ~ D itto Account 34/ 1 o Panish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — ,t D itto Account .. 131 urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —* Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 _Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account ~ Di tto, £lOO Bonds I' enezuel a 3 per Cent. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Lund ?ti. 4 4lian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 661 TWO 0' CLO C li: Consols Money Ditto Account .. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. No change in market. Sales about 5,000 bales. The week's sates consisted of 34,360 bales, in "ding 4,370 on speculation and 5,670 for export. Actual export, 7,127 bales. Quotations : Middling 13 r 1 eans, 27 1 ; do. Mobile, 261; do. Upland, 26k. Lstimated fair Egyptian, ; Surat, 12.234. Week's imports, 16,224. Stock, 231,360. TEE STUDENT-STATESMAN.—The friends of the 4 te Sir C orne wall Lewis are actively engaged in collecting the scattered writings of that eminent scholar and adminis trator, SNARE AIARICSTS, --This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCE.S. Share Railways. Clos i ng B us iness Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne Bost,Sleat,andMid.Co. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ......... Cork and Bandon Corn wal l Do A A. gets no di% D o. n till 6 p c.p an.MF. . (`been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth s ez.Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthoi Scotland , Great Northern 1 Do A stock Po B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashlte & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•Ah Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do j shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birminv. & Derby ,lid. Gt. W. of Ireland 8 8i 8a 9 85 F 7 120 12t Gi 7i 37 39 16 17 941 951 106 108 481 49i 47 49 7 B 129 t 3) 126 337 134 136 95 97 C4l 0 1116 112 72 74 104 106 41 110 110 i 991 100f' 51f 521 100 110 130 130} 1 1 1 71? 99 101 Do. shares Mid Kent .-• Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds 54 55 24 t 6 1031 IC4 58 59 911 Do York Do Carlisle.. • •• • • North London !Do New forth Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon !South Eastern ISouth Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton lz Darlington 125 130 14 24 p 77i 781 IL 11,E 123 126 44 44 98 100 53i 64i 84 a 941 d5l 100 102 Si 9} 38 39 9 10 74 8i 165 170 54 6 t 3i 4}p Do Do New, 1806 Taff Vale.. .• • Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.,tlt West Midland -Oxford' Do Newport' Do Hereford' 92 C 6 22 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing , , :har, Hallways Paid. Price. Businesa done 100 4.tianiie4 let Lawrence - all - 59 61 Sic Bom.,Baroda&Cent Inc 100 103 104 104 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New . 8 p 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares 1 3 1 P 205 Buffalo and Laae Huron all 51 si. 10 Do. Preferanoe . all 72 82 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrici: too ( 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1,18% 100 Do. do. July 1, tsn 100 100 Do. do. .Tune 1,1874 100 et Clcutta.dr.S.Eastn.(Lin,, 100 100 (02 st Cape Town & Dock Seri! 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 105 106 stook East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 104 105 1014 1 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 * 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 195 205 19/ 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 15 731 100 Do. do. deferred all 56 60 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all E 6 64 100 Do. do. defert ed..... 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock all 49 52 100 Do. do. deferred all 33 42 , 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 05 stock Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1034 104! 1044 32 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 / 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 IC4 205 Gt. W. of Canada Sharei• all 95 10 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't op t. all 92 04 100 Do. 52 p. e. do. '77-8.... all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p 1p stock Madras.. guar., sp.c. .. 100 1025 1035 1031 stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 96 98 stock Dc. 14 d 0........ 100 92 96 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay.l all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßru.uswiek Cande Class A. and B. all 3 6 N. Itl.C'dail pc Ist pppppt bds 100 82 14 stock Soinde .........• (100 102 103 stock Do. Delhi lOO 1025 1035 1021 20 Do. t 2 / 4p at Do. Punjaub rid ci ll 1024 1035 Do. Do. s'ock Do. Indus. St. Flo ) I k . lOO — COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J &.1 1877-84 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 99 101 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10C 83 81 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 83 91 Cape G.Hope, 6 p e,187a 100 'lO6 ICB Do.Ap & Oct. 188() 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 110 112 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 108 109 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 !Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 118 110 N.13.G ov. 6 pm. J a.&Jul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 0.,186( 100 00 100 Du. sp. 0.48/1 to It 7( 100 99 1.0) Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 09 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 10 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 100 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 - Do. to 60.0. A.n.&Oct.. 100 110 111 BRITISH. MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol..Gold 1 1 Id Ulitlord Amalgamated 3 1 161 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , 1 670 680 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 65 70 East Clog•au Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... --East Carn Brea . EWI Russel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 41 41 ,Gam.& St . A u byn(Gwen ; 581 10 11 Great South Tolgus 175 4 41 I G. Wheal Vor (Holston, 40 21 24 Grenville 37 i Iler:A's-Foot ....... 8.12 85 tiingston Downs. .... •. 4.!8.0 41 41 Lady Bertha ..... . I slargaret (tJny Lelant 9/ 17 19 51arke Valley.. .......• 4.3.0 61 71 4 Ntyndy Iron Ore (Lim.) 21 11 Ic; New Setun 8 ) 1 9 215 - • North Downs .. .... N.Wh'i Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crotty it'ar Consols (6t. Blazey) i'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer; 11 440 (60 —o. Carla Brea (Illogan) — - IS— .Wheai Fran. (Mogan; 18.18.9 85 31 60 - Stray Park 30.17.6 29 M.— - fin Croft 9 114 201 --- hest Basset (M ogan). 11 11 12 —IW Cr radon (Liskeard) 5. 21 23 West Seton .. 171 80 85 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 190 200 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 871 921 Wheal Kitty (I.l.Lelant) 2.0.6 38 40 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann glen ) 8 131 141 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 175 183 Wh e al Treiawne (Lis ) 7 212 t 1 IVheal Union 3.17 21 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Staffordshire, 22a _..._ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembour g, lei San Paulo ), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 2t Turin and Savona, 31 FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, lim.„ Yudauaututaua of S. Australia (11m.),21 - . DOCKS. London, 72 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.' Anglo Austrian, 57 r Bank of Egypt, 26 B raz ilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 7f Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, Ditto, new, issued at £lO pm, 31i East London, lim.. 8 English and Swedish, Um, 7f Imperial Bank (lim.), 29} 9 Imperial Ottoman, 18i Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 3/ London and Brazilian (lim.), as London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 51} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26} London and County, 58i London and South African, 23 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 231 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 334 Discount Corporation, limited, 104 Egyptian Commerdial and Trading, lim., 44 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 7g Hudson's Bay, IS4 International Financial Society, 12i Joint •stock Discount, lim., 61 6 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 31 London Provincial Marine, 34 . National Discount Company, Um., ii Nerbudda Coal and Iron. 51 Ocean Marine (Insurance), 194 Oriental Inland Steam, Bin , 24 htoyal Mail Steam, 81 MADAME SOLMS DE RATAZZI haB just been robbed at Turin of a shawl worth 20,0001. PLYMOUTH, Thursday.—'ihe ship Maid of Judah, 700 tons, Captain James Scott, belonging to Messrs. George Thompson, jun., and Co„ of Leadenhall-street, bound for London, has arrived off this port. She brings on freight 3,203 ounces of gold, valued at £12,000, and her cargo includes 1,874 bales of wool, 9,500 salted hides, 10,000 horns, 11 tons of bones, and 3 tons of hoofs, valued at £60,000. The Maid of Judah left Port Phillip November 14, rounded Capo Horn December 19, and crossed the Line January 27. On the passage she experienced remarkably fine weather. In latitude 49 S., and from longitude 111 to 115 W., a number of small icebergs were passed. In con. sequence of light easterly winds, the ship was three days in sight of Cape Horn, and through basing winds the coast of Brazil w as seen for several days. .3.54.' 6.4.0 P. 15.4 12.10 THE SUN, LOISPON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2E% 1864. Memorial to the Duke of Newcastle, To His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K,G,, her Majesty's Principal Secretary for the Colonies. Your memorialists regard with the utmost alarm the pas sage through the Legislature of New Zealand of a bill con fiscating all the lands of rebellious natives, and authorising the Government to take possession of the lands of loyal natives upon the payment of compensation. As a part of the same scheme, a bill has been passed empowering the Colonial Government to raise a loan of £3,000,000 sterling, to be repaid by the sale of the confiscated territory. Your memorialists believe that, for its sweeping and in discriminate chardcter, this measure stands without a paral Id in the history of modern legislation ; that if it be en forced it will inflict an indelible blot upon the British name; and that, in the language of an honourable gentleman who opposed it, " its inevitable effect will he to drive the natives of the north island into a state of hopeless despair and rcbsllion." That your memorialists have not exaggerated the scope and object of the bill is proved by the following extract from the Colonial Treasurer's speech, delivered on the second reading of the Loan Bill— " If we take the total area of land in the rebel districts, it will be found that it amounts to eight and a half million acres, and wa have obtained information from persons well acquainted with the districts and the quality of the land, that one half of it will be available for settlement; therefore we have for settlement 4,2.50,000 acres. If we deduct from that the quantity required for the loca tion of European settlers and natives, there will be a balance of 3,000,000 for sales, reserves, and for the preservation of the territory of those loyal natives who may not be desirous of disposing of their lands. I said there was a balance of 3,000,000 of acres, and supposing we set apart 500,000 acres for roads and reserves, and 1,000,000 for land that may be retained by the loyal natives, it will still leave 1,500,000 for sale. Of course it would not be desirable, if it were even possible, to dispose of this land at once; but by bringing it into the market judiciously, it appears to us that 1,500,000 acres economically dealt with and properly sold, will realise, at the very least £2 per acre, and £3,000,000 will be obtained at the time these arrangements are completed." It is but too obvious from this explanatory statement, as well as from the terms of the bill itself, that nothing short of the absolute confiscation of all the lands owned by the rebel tribes is contemplated by the New• Zealand Govern ment, and that this policy has received the deliberate sanc tion of the General Assembly. Your memorialists would remark that no kind of grace is offered to natives who may be willing at once to lay down their arms ; that there is no attempt to define the various degrees of guilt, and to apportion the punishment equit ably; and that there is a total absence of that clemency which ought ever to be exhibited by a civilized nation in its dealings with a subject race. There is grave reason to fear that the Confiscation Bill will have an effect the very opposite of that which its sup porters anticipate. The many thousands of natives whom it will render homeless wanderers, will scarcely allow them selves to be driven forth without an effort to avert their doom ; and against the estimated proceeds of the sale of confiscated territory must be set the probable cost of another war, into which it is more than likely many now loyal tribes will be drawn, from a natural feeling , of sympathy with their outcast brethren. In express ing their fear that a policy of confiscation will lead to the indefinite prolongation of hostilities, and the ultimate extermination of the whole of the Maori race in habiting the north island, your memoi ialists do but echo the opinion of men of high position in both houses of the New Zealand Assembly, Your memorialists protest against that pertion of the bill which empowers the Government to take the lands of loyal natives (even upon the principle of compensation) as being contrary to the express terms of the treaty of Wai tangi, whereby " the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the respective families and individuals thereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their lands and estates, forests, fisheries, and properties, which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession." Loyal natives having been guilty of no offence against the law, any attempt to forcibly deprive them of their lands is manifestly a violation of the treaty, and an act of usurpation. Your memorialists would remark, as an additional rea son why lenity should be shown to the natives, that while they have been guilty of acts of war, which none of their friends desire to justify or palliate, there has been much in the conduct of the colonists and in the acts of the Colonial Government towards them, especi ally in connection with the late unfortunate land war in Taranaki, to excite the alarm and arouse the passions of a suspicious and semi-civilised people. The natives, more over, are entirely unrepresented in the New• Zealand Legislature; and although the treaty of Waitangi nomi nally invested them with all the rights of British subjects they have been practically treated as a separate and an alien race. In conclusion, your memorialises humbly pray your Grace to advise her Majesty to withhold the royal assert from the bill confiscating the native lands in the disturbed districts of New Zealand. Signed on behalf of the Committee of the Aborigines' Protection Society, SAMUEL GURNEY, M.P., President. R. N. FOWLER, Treasurer. F. W. CRESSON ; Secretary. London, Feb, 17, 18G1. The Bombay and Mauritius Mails. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Poonah, Capt. G. C. Sparkes, arrived at Southampton at 10 a.m. yesterday, with the heavy portion of these mails, in charge of Mr. Ronayne, of the General Post-office. She brought 55 passen gers (viz., 19 first-class, 17 second, 12 children, and 7 deck), among whom were his Excellency Rain andrainandrain, his Excellency Rainiferingia, and the Rev. Mr. Duffas (interpreter), the Madagascar Embassy, from the Mauritius; also, Capt. Main prise, R.N., and Lieut. Bromilow, R.N , from Malta ; Capt. Crealock, 95th Regiment, from Gib raltar, &.2. On freight the Poonah had 10 cases of valuables, 276 bales of siik, 30 cases of indigo, 95 boxes of oranges, and 48 packages of general mer chandise. The Poonah left Alexandria on the 12th inst., Malta on the 5 th,and Gibraltar on the 20th. Between Alexandria and Malta she experienced strong winds from N.N.E. and fine weather; thence to Cape de Gatte, moderate head winds; to Gibraltar, fresh westerly gales; along the coast of Portugal, fine weather and light easterly winds; across the Bay of Biscay and up Channel, strong easterly gales and heavy sea. • On the 20th the Poonoh signalled the bark Mi chael Miller and the steamer Havrocordator, both bound east; on the 21st, off the Burlings, the Royal Yacht Club steam yacht Campanera, bound to Corunna ; and on tae 22d, 70 miles north of Cape Finisterre, the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Pera,from Southampton on the 20tb, with the India, China, and Australian ma ils, bound to Gibraltar. Her Majesty's ships Royal Oak, Cossack, Meannee, Marlborough, Firefly, Resistance, Phcobe, and Hydra were at Malta on the 15th; and the Racoon and gunboat Procris at Gibraltar on the 20th. The Racoon, Captain Count Gleichen, nine days from Malta, arrived on the 15th. The Orontes, Capt. H. Hire, six days from Spithead, arrived at Gibraltar on the 14th, with detachments for the garrison, and left during the night of the 15th for Malta, pro ceeding thence to Corfu, where she would embark the 2d battalion 6tt Regiment for the West Indies, and return thence to Spithead with the Ist battalion 14th Foot. The Magicienne, Capt. Armytage, from Mazagan and Tangier, arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th, and left at 4.15 p.m. on the 18th for the east ward. Sir Moses 11i ontefiore and the gentlemen who accompanied him on his mission to the Court of Morocco returned to Gibraltar, from the coast of Barbary, in her Majesty's ship Magicienne, on the 17th inst. It is satisfactory to know that the efforts of Sir Moses Montefiore on behalf of the Jews in the Sultan's. dominions have been fully successful. He has obtained an Imperial edict, the effect of which cannot fail to improve the position of the Jews of the interior, and otherwise to advance the cause of Letters from the coast report that the number of persons killed by the explosion of a powder maga zine in Morocco (as reported previously) is esti mated at 901 A letter from the Spanish African fortress of Alhucemas describes the assassination by the Moors, on the 24th of January, of the crew of two Spanish boats, consisting of eight persons, who had left Alhucemas for Cape Morro for the purpose of col lecting the coarse grass (esparto). While passing some small islands near the Cape, a Moor swam off and invited them to come in and purchase vege tables. On reaching the shore the Spanish party was attacked at close quarters by a number of Moors, and all were massacred, The murderous attack was seen from Alhucemas, and on being re ported to the Governor, he opened with his artil lery upon the Moors, though apparently without effect. The dead bodies of the murdered men were subsequently recovered and interred by the autho rities of Alhucemas. A letter from Malaga received at Gibraltar gives some details of the seizure in that port of the British steamer Princess for a breach of the Cus tom-house laws. The Princess, from England bound for Ancona, put into Malaga for coal, and the mas ter reported her in ballast. She was detained a day or two while the master obtained, through the tele graph, from his employers in England a credit to enable him to purchase the requisite amount of coal. When the arrangement was completed the usual in- speotion of the vessel by the officers of the port took place, to verify the description the master had given of her lading. By a mere accident it was discovered that she had a false hold on which the ballast was deposited, and that beneath this, in her true hold, were stowed a quantity of arms and military stores. The hater are said to comprise 6 rifled cannon for mountain artillery, 3 guns of heavy calibre, 4,000 sabres, 1,000 Minie rifles, a number of pikes, and 400 uniforms, The master of the Princess is impri soned, and it is believed the steamer and cargo are liable to confiscation for the violation of law. Hos tilities in the north of Europe and the clandestine transport of arms in the extreme south would seem at first sight to have no connexion. But the steamer was bound to Ancona, and it would not be a very wild conjecture to suppose that her cargo was destined for some southern province of Austria, in anticipation of the opportunity which ooming events may present. _ Exchange quotations at Gibraltar were as follows —London, 90 days' date, 50 3-16 to I ; Paris do., 5f 28c; Marseilles, do., 5f 29c; Genoa, do., 5f 31c to 32c ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par to i pm. ; Cadiz, do., 1 die. ; Seville, d o ., die. ; Malaga, do., par to dis. ; Barcelona, d o ., "3-, Pm. ; Almeria , do., par; Valencia, do., p a r ; Ali can te, do., par. Pre mium on five-franc pieces, one per cent. pm. The following Briti s h merc hant steamers had arrived out at Gibraltar :—Feb. 15, the Powerful, Captain J. Hughes, 11 days from Newcastle for Alexandria ; the Orontes, Captain H. Mathias, eight days from Liverpool, for Malta ; 16th, the Demetrius, Capt; W. Folland, seven days from Liverpool, for Malta; 17th, the Ellora , Capt. W . C. Angove, 51 ,days from Southampton , w i t h mails, &c., for Malta and Alex an d r i a ; the Tripoli, Capt. J. R. Bell, six days fro m Li ver pool, for Palermo; 18th, the Europa, Capt. T. P ar t r idge, six days from London, for Genoa c L eg h orn , &c.; the Cadiz, Capt. J. Russell, eight days f rom L on don, with Govern ment stores; the Hawth orns, Capt. I. Rose, eight days from London, for Ali can t e ; 19th, the Persian, Capt. S. Pyne, Big day s f rom Liverpool, for Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples. The British bark" William Leckie, Captain G. B. Best, from Sunderland, with coals for Callers, ar rived at Gibraltar on the 13th leaky, making five inches of water per hour, T he b ar k Pelican, Capt. A. Freeth, from Newcastl e f or Rh o d e s, arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th, and the schooner Bezaleel, Capt, W. Vincent, from Cardiff for Gibraltar, on the :Bth, both laden with coals. THE SHAKSFEREAN TERCENTENARY CELEBRA TION AT STRATFORD ON-AVON. --Os Wednesday last, at the meeting of the committee, the mayor (Mr. E. F. Flower) in the chair, it was announced that the following gentlemen had accepted the clßce of vice-president ;—Lord Sudeley, M, Victor Hugo, M, Antonio Panizzi, Sir Frede rick Madden, Professor Owen ) and M r. H owar d Staunton. The mayor stated that Mr. Willi am S t i rl i ng , M.P., and Mr. J, Beresford-hope, had co nsente d to a ct on the Monumental Memorial Committee, and that a deputation is coming to Stratford on Monday next to decide upon a suitable site for the memorial. The committee now in cludes the Earl of Carlisle, LG., the Earl S omers,F.R.G. S., Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart., Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Mr. Robert Bell, F.R,S.L., Mr. Layard, Ma),, Mr. William Stirling, M.P., Mr. J. Beresford Lore ) Mr. Theodore Martin, Mr. C. L. Gruneisen, Mr. GamVer Parry, Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr. John Ruskin, and Mr. Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. (Poet Laureate). The estimate of Mr. S. H. Mountford, of Wor cester, for the supply of refreshments during the festival, was considered and agreed to. The building committee re ported that the work at the pavilion was advancing satisfac torily; that the building was nearly roofed in, and would shortly be ready for the decorator. ANOTHER OVERFLOW OF tHE THAMES.—Owing to the continuance of the strong north-easterly wind having driven a large body of w a t er i n the Thames, and being full moon springs, the water rote far above the usual height, Overflowing the river banks in several places at high tide. The water nearly topped the wharves at Bil lingsgate and the Custom-house, and a number of wharves on the south side of the river were inundated. In the afternoon and in the evening workmen were employed in taking precautions to prevent danrge should another over flow take place to-day, Mr. Sala's First Interview with President Lincoln. (From the Daily Telegraph.) Mr. Lincoln does not stand straight on his feet, but sways about with an odd sidelong motion, as though he were continually pumping something from the ground—say Truth from the bottom of her well—or hauling up some invisible anchor. It gave We the notion of a mariner who had found his sea-legs, and could toe a line well, but who had to admit that there was a rough sea running. First he pulled at one gigantic glove, and then at the other; first inclined his puissant head to one side, and then to the other; but he never drew himself up to his full height. Perhaps he thought of the ceiling, and was reluctant to bring it down on the heads of us Philistines. My interview with him was of very brief duration, and was mainly made up of commonplaces. Of course he said that he was very glad to see me, that he hoped I liked my stay, that I had come at a critical period, and that the country presented a very different aspect to that which it once had: Mr. Sumner informed him that I purposed " illustrating' in public what I had seen in America. " Ah," said the President, " in deed ! with the pencil or the pen ? There is a good deal to illustrate just now." I hinted that the pen was my vocation. Neither more nor less took place. I saw that Mr. Lincoln had no wish to tell me any stories, or to talk politics; and after another tre mendous squeeze of the hand from him, I retired from his presence. My presentations were not, however, at an end. I was taken to the centre of the apartment, where standing in a circle of ladies, was one short, plump, and well-favoured, and attired in a velvet dress of royal purple, profusely trimmed with pearls and lace. This was Mr& Lincoln. I had the honour to shake her hand; but it was a little hand, and my crashed digits were spared another painful ordeal . I think I can give almost a shorthand writer's re. port of my conversation with Mrs. Lincoln. After the first salutations she said : "Do you keep your health, sir P" I replied that I was happy and thankful to say that I enjoyed tolerable health. " How long have you been in this country, sir ?" she asked. _ I said that I had been seven weeks on the American continent, "How long do you conclude to remain, sir ?" she went on. _ _ I replied that I hoped to remain about seven months longer. The President's wife was then good enough to ask " how I liked the country." I replied diplo matically, that it was large and very wonderful. Now ensued a deep and, to me, embarrassing silence. I didn't know what was to come nest, and I don't think Mrs. Lincoln did. At last she spoke again, and once more in the interrogatory form :-- "And yon keep your health, sir ?" I answered this kind inquiry as best I might, when, fortuitously, it occurred to me that some years ago in Russia, having to go into much bet ter society than I am in the habit of frequenting at home, I had sought the assistance of a dancing mistress, and, at the outlay of about fifty roubles, learnt a series of bows or " reverences," for grand occasions. I gave Mrs. Lincoln the very lowest of these reverences. It is a wonderful bow, and, if you don't tumble head over heels before you arrive at the climax, a very impressive one. To effect it properly your nose must very nearly touch the lowermost hem of the garment of the lady to whom you are rendering homage. I went down and down, till, I dare say, Mrs. Lincoln wondered whether the Britisher would ever come up again ; but when I rose to the surface, triumphant, and with a deter mination of blood to the head, I could see she was not displeased. I hope she may preserve a favour able remembrance of my bow, if not of me. I moved slowly away, but could hear the Pre sidontess asking the next gentleman who was pre■ sented to -her whether he " kept his health." " Do you keep your health ?" evidently serves Mrs. Lincoln in the stead that " Est-il possible ?" used to serve Prince George of Denmark. Extraordinary Charge of Setting Fire to a Ship. We have lately published an account of the aban donment at sea of the ship John Linn, laden with cotton, by her captain and crew, who reported that they left her in a sinking state. Soon afterwards she was fallen in with by a foreign vessel, the Deo gaum ; the captain of which said he reluctantly aban doned the vessel as he could have brought her into port if he could have spared a crew. Now comes an extraordinary part of the affair. The Liverpool Courier of yesterday says:—" Our shipping infor mation of today has the following—' Some of the crew of the Deogaum report that they set fire to the John Linn before leaving her.' It is unnecessary to say that the captain's report, which has already been published, says nothing of this, and until some further communication is received from him no comments can be made. But we may state that three vessels which have arrived this week report passing cotton apparently burnt, in positions corroborative of the report. The John Linn was abandoned on Jan. 1 some distance from Barbadoes, at which island the craw were landed. The day on which the Deogaum fell in with her is not given, but the position was lat. 20 N, long. 38 W. The cotton now reported to have been passed by other vess2ls was as follows :—Jan. 14, lat. 20 N, long. 40 W, a number of bales of cotton, apparently Bombay, which looked black, as if from smoke, but did not appear to have been long in the water, by the ship Redan, at London ; Jan. 19, lat. 17.45 N, long. 41.10 W, one bale of Indian cotton, which had not been long in the water, by the Persia, at Ply mouth; and Jan. 25, lat. 19 N, long. 43 W, three bales of Bombay cotton, apparently not long in the water. When it is also considered that the ten dency of the current would be to take them in the very direction they appeared to be going, at least some tinge of probability is imparted to the remark• able story now set on foot by the crew." Confederate Seamen Charged with Piracy. At the Liverpool Police-court, yesterday, Warren Quinsey, alias Wilson, and G. P. M'Murdoch, alias Kelly. both seamen;werc charged with piracy. No evidence was offered, and the prisoners were re manded. We understand, however, that the follow ing are the facts of the case : About the 16th of November last, the schooner L. Gerity sailed from Matamoras for New York, where her owners resided. She was commanded by Capt. Nicholas, and had a crew of six men. She had a cargo of cotton, valued at about 60,000 d015.,- and six passengers, including the two prisoners. On the night of the 17th Nov. the L. Gerity was forci bly seized by the passengers, who sent the crew adrift in a boat, while it is stated that the steward, who offered some resistance, was murdered. The prisoner Quinsey, on this, took possession of the schooner, and carried her over to Brownsville, where a Confederate collector gave him suitable papers. The vessel was then re-named the Eureka, the old name being painted out, and the Confede rate flag hoisted. They next sailed to Belize, where the authorities refused to recognise the Confederate flag. The prisoner Quinsey then substituted the British ensign, and entered the port. Here they disposed of the vessel and cargo for 70,000 dollars. Subsequently Capt. Nicholas and his crew reached Belize, but he found that a portion of the cotton had been sent to Liverpool, and that the captors of his vessel had decamped. Thinking that some of the captors would come to Liverpool, he sailed for England; and having—under the extradition treaty —received a warrant from Sir George Grey, he communicated with the local police, by whose as sistance the prisoners were apprehended in an eat ing-house in Park-lane. They had some property belonging to the owners and captain of the L. Gerity in their possession, and were also armed with s i x .barrelled revolvers.—Manchester Guardian. PARISIAN SYMPATHY FOR THE POLES.—At the lecture given by M. St. Mare Girardin and M. Legouve, in the Salle Barthelemy, in behalf of the fund being raised for the wounded Poles, the crowd was very great, more than 10,000 people failing to obtain admittance. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday, the Lord Mayor presiding. His Lordship, at the commencement of the proceedings, announced that he had received a communication relating to the Royal Hospitals, which he considered advisable to be taken into consideration with closed doors. The public consequently retired, and the Court was not opened to strangers for nearly three hours. It was under stood that, after the subject alluded to by the Lord Mayor had been disposed of, the members were engaged in making arrangements for presenting the address of congratulation agreed to by the Corporation to her Majesty, upon the birth of a Prince to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Windsor. It appears that the Lord Mayor has received a notification from the Home Secretary to the effect that, regard being had to various circumstances her Majesty can only receive 30 gentlemen connected with the Corporation at Windsor upon this occasion, and that a written answer only will be given. Some membeis of the Corporation appear exceedingly dissatisfied at the pro posed course of proceeding, and it oozed out that during the debate some observations to that effect were made by various members of the Court. A ballot then took place, to elect the members to compose the allotted number of thirty, and this occupied a very considerable time. When the public were re-admitted, • Alderman J. C. LAWRENCE presented a petition from the Thames Angling Preservation Society, signed by Mr. Stephen Potter, and Mr. Frank Buckland, M.A., as the representatives of that society, asking for a grant of money in aid of their funds. The petition set forth the great exeitions made by the so ciety to increase the supply of fish in the River Thames, as a source of healthy and innocent recreation, and also as cal culated to procure a larger supply of wholesome food; and the Court unanimously agreed to refer it to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, for them to consider and report what should be done. Deputy BOWER also presented a petition of the like nature from the committee acting on behalf of widows and orphans of Barking fishermen. He said the Court would remember that during the fearful gale that occurred last September, a great many of the Barking fishing boats were lost, with all hands, leaving a great number of widows and orphans to deplore the loss of their bread.winners. A committee, com• posed of the owners of fishing boats and others, had been formed to provide for their relief, and a considerable amount of funds had thus been raised, to which the salesmen and inhabitants of Billingsgate, as also a number of other cha ritable persons, amongst whom were Miss Burdett Coutts and Baron Rothschild, had contributed ; and the Corpora tion of London, which had ever shown itself ready to come forward and assist in such cases, were now asked to take a share in the good work. _ This petition was also referred to the Coal, Corn, and Finanos Committee, CITY LINCS. Mr. R. J. CuAriatc, the Chairman of the City Lands Committee, brought up a report front that committee, which recommended, inter alia, that the interest of the Corporation in the Wesleyan Chapel, City-road, which comprises a term of three years and a half, should be disposed of to the trus tees of that chapel for £6OO. This subject was brought forward for discussion at the last Court, but no decision was arrived at. The recom mendation of the committee was opposed on the ground that £6OO was not a sufficient amount to be paid, the more espe cially as the late Mr. Bunning, the City architect, had made a report to the effect that £l,BOO ought to be paid by the trustees for the interest remaining to the Corporation in the property, and Mr. Allen, another Corporation officer, had estimated the amount at £1,500. Acting upon this view of the matter, uty ELLIOTT moved that the subject be referred back to the City Lands Committee for further consideration,which motion was seconded by Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR. Alderman Luau and Alderman J. C. LAWRENCE sup ported the report, the former stating that it appeared to him that if the Corporation exacted a large sum of the trustees of the chapel, it would look very much like taking advantage of their necessities, knowing that they would be bound to keep possession of the building, and the latter stating his opinion, as a practical man, that the interest the Corporatio n had in the property was not worth more, if so much as £6OO. The report was eventually agreed to, upon a division by a majority of 27. TITHES IN THE CITY. Deputy BURNELL brought up a report from the Special Tithes Committee, approving of the general principle of the London (City) Tithes Bill in Parliament, the object of which is to relieve certain of the City parishes from the payment of the exorbitant impost of 2s 9d in the pound for tithes, but recommending that the committee should be authorised to prepafo and present a petition to Parliament, if necessary, against certain clauses of the bill, and to prosecute the same as they may be advised. Tile report was agreed to, and the Court adjourned, 61 111! 1 4 10 4 1 10 J I 1 Lou 124 1 9 1291 30i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, I SPORTING TATTERSALLS'.-LAST EVENING. The equivocal state of the weather during the week appears to have completely puzzled the followers of the turf, so much so, that the journey to Lincoln on Tuesday morning was looked upon, from the south as also the north, as so much time thrown away, and in consequence but few • ventured from their homes. Contrary to expectation, however, the meeting was brought through, the principal bookmakers availing themselves of returning southward, to be present at Hungerford this day. The latter meeting, however, in consequence of a heavy fall of snow, was com pelled to be postponed, due notice of which was announced by the authorities of the Great Western Railway. Those disappointed looked in at " the Corner" which enabled us to make out somewhat of a list, although of meagre propor tions. The principal feature of conversation was the an nounced death of Mr. Williamson, the nominator of Coup d'Etat, which becomes void, and all bets follow. For the Liverpool Steeplechase Bantam appeared in increased favour, 7 to 1 being for some time the highest offered, but at the fiaish half a point over those odds failed to meet with an acceptor. Emblematic and Wee Nell did not present so healthy an appearance; but Emblem, had the layers been in the humour, would have found supporters at her quoted pride. Serious Case and Worcester, of the outside division, were the only animals backed in earnest. The other quotations contained in our return given below will be accepted as the market value of the animals named, rather than from any actual outlay in their favour : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 2 agst Bantam (off., take 8 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered) 15 to 1 agst Wee Nell (offered) 100 to 6 agst Emblem (taken) 20 to 1 agst Serious Case (taken) 20 to 1 agst Worcester (off., take 25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Amy (offered, take 25 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Bell's Life (taken) 50 to 1 agst Arbury (taken) 66 to 1 agst Leonidas (taken) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Little Stag (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 14 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 18 to 1 agst Forager (offered, t2O to 1) 25 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 25 to .1 apt Prince Arthur (taken) 2,000 to 70 agst Ackworth (taken) 1,000 to 10 agst Valiant (taken) 1,00 to 10 agst Copenhagen (taken) GRAND NATIONAL HUNT STEEPLECHASES. A Free Handicap Steeplechase of 20 soya each, 5 ft. About four miles. Acceptances must be declared, in writing, to Messrs. Weatherby, London, or Mr. Marshall, Clerk of the Course, Northampton, OR or before Tuesday, the let of March. et lb Penarth .. 13 0 Emblem .. .. 13 0 Auricula .. 12 8 Liehtheart .. 12 8 O'Connell .. .. 12 8 Reporter .. 12 8 Thomastown.. .. 12 6 Joe Malay .. 12 6 Bantam .. .. 12 6 Sinking Fund 12 6 Lincoln .. 12 4 Arbury .. 12 4 Maritana .. 12 4 Avalanche .. .. 12 4 Wee Nell .. .. 12 4 Yaller Gal .. 12 3 Sir William .. 12 2 Jealousy .. .. 12 2 Cat's-paw 12 2 Jerusalem .. .. 12 2 Con Gregan .. 12 1 Umpire .. .. 12 0 Medora .. 12 0 Bridegroom .. 12 0 Harry • . • . 12 0 Portland .. .. 12 0 Jacob .. .. 11 12 Shropshire .. 11 12 Pot-uourri • . .. 11 12 Agnes.. .. 11 12 Satellite 11 12 Red Robin .. 11 11 Mauchline .. 11 10 The Czar .. 11 10 Lothian's Sing .. 11 10 Rarey.. .. 11 10 Serious Case.. .. 11 9 Rubicon .. 11 8 Harkaway 11 81 Pineapple .. ..• 11 8 Southport .. 11 7 Real Jam .. 11 7 Emblematic .. 11 7 Bell's Life 11 7 Romeo 11 6 Liston 11 G Salmon .. 11 6 Amy .. 11 6 Tolurno 11 6 Surbiton 11 6 Little Bob .. 11 6 Worcester .. 11 6 Satanella 11 4 Stanton 11 4 st lb St. Maxi Mlls • • 11. 4 Pallas Lass 11 4 Leonidas .. 11 4 West End .. 11 4 De Reuter .. 11 2 Gladiator .. 11 2 Malta, byCharlesXlL 11 2 Rook the Gardener.. 11 2 Ireley .. 11 2 Bryn Gwyn .. 11 2 Kington 11 2 Sunflower .. 11 2 Bridegroom,byPompeyll 2 National Petition .. 11 0 Rockley 11 0 Sir Stephen .. .. 10 13 Woodford .. .. 10 13 Mountain Fox .. 10 12 Merrimac .. .. 10 12 The Old Squire .. 10 12 Church Militant .. 10 12 Premier .. .. 10 11 Ace of Trumps .. 10 10 Once More (late Cook a-doodle-doo) .. 10 10 Switch • • .. 10 10 Brian Borhoime .. 10 10 Baron of Avon .. 10 8 Ocean Witsh.. .. 10 8 Magician .. .. 10 8 Alcibiade .. 10 7 Merryman .. .. 10 7 Brine .. .. 10 7 Flyfisher .. 10 7 Chester .. 10 7 Martha .. .. 10 6 Miss Maria .. 10 6 Cygnet • • .. 10 6 Corsair, by Pineapple 10 6 Lady of the Isles .. 10 6 Silk and Satin .. 10 6 Miss Emma (late Gwellyan .. 10 6 British Grenadier .. 10 6 Leading Article .. 10 6 Creole.. .. .. 10 6 Over the Sea.. .. 10 4 Princess Royal .. 10 2 Jack in the Green .. 10 2 Carlisle .. 10 2 Volunteer 10 0 Wifie .. .. .. 10 0 Cadet gg .0 ••10 0 SCRATCHINGS.—On the 9th inst. at 9 a.m. Carbineer out of Newmarket Handicap. On the 16th, at 9 a.m. Ban bury out of Nottingham Hurdle Race—at 3 p.m. Limo mina and Mahometan out of the Nottingham Spring Handicap. On the 18th, at 9 a.m. Lothian's King and Southport out of the Hurdle Race at Hungerford—at 9 a.m. Rubicon out of all engagements. On the 19th, at 9 a.m. Broadway out of Nottingham Spring Handicap. On the 20th, at 9 a.m. Lapidist and Brindisi out of Lincoln Handicap—at 130 p.m. Zara out of Nottingham spring Handicap. On the 22d, at 9 a.m. Lustre out of Lincoln Handicap—at 030 p.m. Empress out of all engagements— at 3 46 p.m. Merrimac out of Liverpool and Derby Steeple chases. On the 23d, at 9 a.m. Grimaton and Blondin out of Craven Plate, Hungerford—and at 9 a.m. Turn of Luck out of Lincoln Handicap. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Bridge-house Hotel ; the Hon. J. Byng in the chair. The report was taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the traffic receipts of the past half-year as com pared with the half-year ending the 31st of January, 1862 showed an increase of £54,200. The merchandise receipts' had been maintained. The Charing-cross Railway had bee' partially workodsince the 11th of January last. They had carried an average of £ll,OOO passengers per week on the Charing-cross line, hut they expected a large increase of traffic in the spring and summer. He then explained the policy of the company with respect to extension lines, and a determination to accommodate the districts through which their lines passed when requisite. Lord A. PAGET recommended friendly alliances with neighbouring companies, and also with the London and North-Western, for an interchange of traffic by means of the West London Extension Railway. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Hamilton, Mr. C. Child, Mr. Adams, Mr. Watkin, and Mr. G. Smith took part. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a dividend of 17s. 6d. per £3O stock for the past half-year, payable on the 30th of March. The retiring directors and auditor were unanimously re elected, authority was given to borrow on mortgage £150,000 under the act of 1862, and the proceedings con pluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. Cr,---This Day, HUNGERFORD RACES--Tuts DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Glendusk.. Burlesque filly ...v 9 r Five ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.) NICHOLSON V. NICHOLSON AND RATCLIrI'E. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning, and evidence was called on the part of the petitioner to rebut the testimony of tho respondent's witnesses as to the cruelty alleged to have been committed by him. Mr. Littler addressed the jury for the respondent, and contended that the story of Seddon, the sole witness of the adultery, was impossible and uncorroborated, and desig nated the suit as a foul conspiracy to free the petitioner from a woman whom there was abundant proof he had ill treated for years. S3rgeant Parry replied on the whole case, and maintained that the evidence of Seddon was well supported, and drew attention to the fact that that witness was a married man, and had held the same situation without reproach for many years. He laid great stress also on the evidence of Mrs. Seddon, that the respondent attempted t 3 tamper with her husband to induce him to leave the neighbourhood in order to prevent his giving testimony in the case. The Judge Ordinary summed up the case and said it was a very painful one, from many circumstances, first, because it had displayed a state of nature highly discreditable to all parties, and secondly, because there had been two sets of witnesses who had point blank contradicted each other. The charge of cruelty set up by the respondent was of the greatest importance, because if it was proved that the petitioner had treated his wife in the manner alleged, it would have a very important bearing on their verdict. The learned counsel for the petitioner said that the young woman who had mainly proved the allegation was not the sDrt of witness that the jury would trust, especially as it was altogether uncorroborated. Now he was not of that opinion, because in ono very important point, viz., the re spondent being compelled to live in a coachhouse for some days to escape the ill-usage of her husband, it was confirmed '"• to a certain extent by witnesses called for tho petitioner. The jury, at the conclusion of his Lordship's observa tions, retired to consider their verdict, and had not returned when we went to press, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WIFE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO STAB HER HESBAND.—Eugenie Schmidt was charged before Mr. Knox on a warrant with attempting to stab he: husband, Henry Schmidt, 86, Bolsover-street, with a knife. The husband said that he was living apart from his wife, and on the 20th of the present month his wife called upon him and asked him how he was. He told her that he was pretty well, and she then rushed at him with a knife and attempted to stab him. His coat was cut, and she then made a second attempted to stab him, but was prevented doing so. She had several times said there would be mur der between them. Peter Godfrey, brother-in-law of the complainant, said that:had he not interfered; and:prevented it the complainant would most certainly have been killed. When called upon for her defence the wife entered into a long statement as to her husband's conduct, and amongst other things said she had been obliged to leave him, and that she had in her possession a letter sent to her husband by a woman of low repute. The daughter of the parties, a good looking young girl of sixteen, was called and gave evidence in the case, but re luctantly. - _ A person stepped into the witness-box and said that believing:she was an injured woman he would be bail for her, Mr. Knox accepted the person's bail. THAMES. A MOST CAREFUL NURSE.—Sarah Macarthy, a well dressed young woman, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Nicholls, a police-constable, 433 K, stated that he found the prisoner last night. near the London Hospital, very drunk and making a disturbance. She had a child in her arms, and it screamed dreadfully, and appeared very much frightened. He took the child away from the prisoner, and conveyed her to the station-house. She raved and made a good deal of noise. Mr. Partridge—What is the age of the child ? Witness—About IS months, sir. The child's life was in danger. _ _ _ Dlr. Partridge—What became of the child ? Witnese—l took it home. The prisoner—lt is two years old. It is not my child. Nicholls—No, sir. It is the child of her master and mistress. They allowed her to take the child out, and she wont to several public houses with it and got drunk. l‘lr. Partridge—This is very scandalous indeed. What do you, say woman, in getting intoxicated while you are entrusted with your master and mistress's child. ' The prisoner —Yes, sir. I did get the drop taken, I am nurse to the child, a most careful nurse, your worship, I can assure you. Mr. Partridge—You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You are not fit to be entrusted with the care of infants. You are fined sa. for being drunk. THACKERAY'S LAST. From the new journal called Vac Realm we extract the following, in which will be found one of the last anecdotes related of, as well as one of the last witticisms uttered by, W. M. Thackeray : Our facetious contemporary makes us what he calls " A Kind Suggestion." Say the paragraphists—" The Conser vatives have established a new organ in London, called The Realm," Hadn't they better have called it The Ream, as at once easier to the news• boys, and as indicating the probable amount of the circulation ? We are very much obliged to Mr. Punch for giving us nearly an inch of advertisement gratis, but we really cannot allow him to take away our " Z." As to the news-boys' difficulty with the "L," news-boys are very arbitrary " L"-ocutionists. Their difficulty, how ever, was foreseen, and their Tortile resou►ces in supple mentary vocalisation predicted. Three days before the world lost the most eminent of the many eminent humorists who have made Punch's staff blossom with flowers of wit, somebody said in his presence —" The _Realm ! That is a hard word tor the news-boys." "Catch them calling it anything but The Rellum," he said; and then, in a tone of benignant solemnity, he ex temporised this distitch in behalf of the enterprise with which he sympathetically identified his muse : " On paper of vellum 'We printed The Rolluns !" Ales! that this should have been his only contribution to our columns. BRISTOL AND EXETER. The half-j early meeting of this company was held at Bristol on Thursday; Mr. J. W. Buller in the chair. ti g The report was as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, explained at considerable length the various topics therein. He assured the meeting of ;he continued intention of the directors to manage the affairs Of the company energetically for the benefit of the company. Mr. J. BATES seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and said he considered a 5 per cent. dividend very satisfactory. He referred to the competition with which the company had to contend, and thought it would be to their interest to support the proposed North Deur' . and Somerset line. In reply to a Shareholder it was stated that the cost of the Exeter station would be £50,000. The report was adopted, and a dividend of 5 per cent. de clared. The retiring directors (Messrs. Watson, Bruce, and Fry) were re-elected. vote of thanks to the chairman and directors termi nated the proceedings. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES. Yesterday the committee of the Houses of Lords and Commons sat until past 3 o'clock considering and settling the terms of their first report, but nothing whatever tran spired relative to the conclusions arrived at. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, before the examiners, the standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the case of the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier. The case of the Oxford street and City Railway, which is opposed, has been for two days before them, and stands adjourned ; as also does the North and South London (High Level) Junction Railway. the Crystal Palace New Railway Bills is declared not to have complied with the standing orders in some particulars. CAN IT BE THE " RULE OF THREE ?"--.Miss Hume, daughter of the late member for Montrose, has written a book for th 9 young, entitled the " Golden Rule," A 'WHITE Fox has been shot . in Bavaria—a great rarity even to the w hitish-hand sportsmen of the country. REFRESIIING TO READ OF !—An ice-machine has been erected in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's dockyard at Bombay which can make three tone daily, SHIPPING—This Day. Lorrnorr, Feb. 2G.—Wind this day at noon—Noah; light breeze, and cloudy weather. SHIELDS, Feb. 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Lizzie, fron t Bilboa. HULL, Feb. 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—liongby, for Singapore. SWANSEA, Feb. 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—llercules, for Cornwall. NEWPORT, Feb. 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Eliza Nelson, from the Clyde for Sierra Leone. Sailed —Dover• nor Brown, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 25.—Wind N , E , —Suffolk, from Lon don for Melbourne. (BY MAGNETIC TELtaIIAPIT.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Sailed, Feb. 26—Hamburg, eteamer, for Hamburg ; re liance, for Bombay; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, Feb. 25—Lone Star, for Boston ; Far East, for Rongkong ; Harmonies, for Santander; Mary Bangfield, for Cardiff—all from London. Bank of England Return,•—Last Evening. An Account pursuant to the Act 7 th and Bt h Vi ctori ,. , cap. 32, for the week e nding on Wednesday, the 24th day of Feb., 1864:-- Mils DEPARTMENT. Notes issued . g 279703,0801 Government Debt £11,015,1c 0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,053,088 Silver Bullion .... £27,703,05 0 1 £27,703,080 BANICLNO DJ Proprietors' Capi tal .............. £14,553,000 Re s t . ...... 8,536,091 Pu bli c Deposits (in ring E.xche , Saving ' Ys, Commis missioners of Na tioffal Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 8,153,601 Other Deposits 12,426,673 fieven Day and other Bills 532,956 .£30,202,321 hi. Feb. 25, 186!, , EPARTMINT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,174,584 Other Securities 19.233, e 43 Notes Gold and Silver 766,332 Coln A R.SH ALL, Chief Cashier. TOLD.—The great controversy A LADY WHO CAN AFFORD TO HA VE HER AGE as to the age of Patti is at last set at rest ; she will be twenty-one on the B th of April next. LISBON, Feb. 23.--There is no truth in the state ment that the Count de Paiva is to be transferred from the embassy of Paris to that of Madrid. The Count is about to repair to Lisbon to take part in the labours of the Chamber of Peers, and will after wards resume his duties at Paris. 0 Ope l 0013. 1 the e 111 ey ,ect' tte . 15 :001 deP 6l" ha e, tDeJ 055 w" it f car " 3 01 !al to t. 4 Oa ill see p be , Ch .a pro ty h e b 9 t o , a p o d 00, b to